P.Y.O regulations?

fallen angel · « **on:** April 21, 2010, 16:28 »

Hi just wondering if anyone knows if there are any regulations that have to be followed by pick your own places?

If so what are they? Or how would I find out?

Many thanks

Jamie Butterworth · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2010, 17:49 »

Are you planning on starting a PYO?

Yorkie · « **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2010, 18:49 »

I don't know the answer about specific regulations, but a few things occur to me which might need investigating (I'm assuming you'd be inviting the public onto the land and selling them the produce they pick):

environmental health?
defra?
planning permission and/or restrictive covenants on the land?
does any mortgage / insurance have restrictions about use of land
you'd need public liability insurance
possibly employers liability insurance if anyone else works there
you'd be self-employed so would have to declare that for tax etc etc

fallen angel · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2010, 20:26 »

Thanks guys I was just wondering as the country seems to be going health and safety mad and regulating just about anything they can how the whole P.Y.O works. I assumed they would have to have some kind of licence or certificate to sell their produce?

And I often wonder about the signs at the side of the road selling free range eggs from houses can you really just buy chickens and sell the eggs that you can't get through like that? Is there not some kind of regulation for that too?

Cheers guys.

Yorkie · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2010, 21:20 »

There's posts about this over on the poultry boards somewhere.

Someone will correct me if my recollection is faulty, but I think that selling eggs from your house gate is OK but you can't sell them onto a commercial supplier (or something along those lines). The defra website I think is the relevant one to look at.

digalotty · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2010, 21:22 »

eat as much as you can before you get to the till

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